List of Famous people born in Canada
Nadja Bernhard
Andrew Moodie
James Till
James Edgar Till, is a University of Toronto biophysicist, best known for demonstrating – with Ernest McCulloch – the existence of stem cells.
Matthew Douma
Ennik Somi Douma, better known by her Korean name Jeon So-mi (Korean: 전소미) or by the mononym Somi, is a Canadian-Dutch-Korean singer and songwriter based in South Korea. Jeon shot to domestic stardom as the first place winner of the first installation of the Produce 101 competition series and a member of the series' project girl group, I.O.I. Following the conclusion of I.O.I's group activities, Jeon began to venture out as a soloist before terminating her contract with JYP Entertainment and joining The Black Label. Jeon debuted as a solo artist on June 13, 2019 with the single "Birthday".
Louis Applebaum
Louis Applebaum was a Canadian film score composer, administrator, and conductor.
Ashleigh McIvor
Ashleigh McIvor DeMerit is a Canadian retired freestyle skier currently residing in Whistler, British Columbia. McIvor was a member of the Canadian national ski cross team and became the first gold medal winner of women's ski cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She is also a former world champion in ski cross and has a second-place finish at the Winter X Games to her credit as well.
Wendel Clark
Wendel L. Clark is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. His professional career lasted from 1985 until 2000, during which time he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Quebec Nordiques, New York Islanders, Tampa Bay Lightning, Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks. He was chosen first overall in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft by the Maple Leafs, the team he played with on three occasions, captaining the team from 1991 to 1994. A fan favourite in the city, Clark has been cited by multiple current NHL players as a boyhood idol.
Maurice Tanguay
Maurice Tanguay was a Canadian businessman.
Dalton McGuinty
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr. is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 24th Premier of Ontario from 2003 to 2013. He was the first Liberal leader to win two majority governments since Mitchell Hepburn nearly 70 years earlier. In 2011, he became the first Liberal premier to secure a third consecutive term since Oliver Mowat (1872–1896), after his party was re-elected in that year's provincial election.
W. G. Unruh
William George "Bill" Unruh is a Canadian physicist at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver who described the hypothetical Unruh effect in 1976.